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EUR/USD slips below 1.38
March 28th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook Regardless of the weekly and monthly technical indicators that remain bullish, EUR/USD plunged beneath the support at 1.38. The Euro is currently testing the 55-day SMA at 1.3730, but this level is also reinforced by the 100-day ...
USD/JPY is now in downtrend from 102.68
March 28th, 2014
USD/JPY is now in downtrend from 102.68. Deeper decline to test 101.20 support would likely be seen, a breakdown below this level will confirm that the longer term downtrend from 103.76 has resumed, then the following downward movement could ...
FSA: Guidelines for Supervision of Financial Market Infrastructures
March 27th, 2014
The Financial Services Agency (FSA), the Japanese regulatory authority, has issued a series of Comprehensive Guidelines for Supervision of Financial Market Infrastructures, as part of the efforts toward “better regulation”. The Guidelines can be downloaded here. Source: FSA
CySec: acquisition of licence
March 27th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) the Cypriot financial regulatory authority has announced that “Nextrade Worldwide Ltd” has successfully obtained the CySec licence. Therefore, the company is now authorised to operate legally under the supervision of CySec and to ...
CySec: ICF to the members-Bail in of the Fund
March 27th, 2014
The Administrative Committee of the Investor Compensation Fund of Clients of CIFs,hereinafter “the Fund” announces that at its meeting on March 7, 2014 and after taking into consideration a relevant legal opinion on the matter, has decided upon the ...
Mehjoo case gives firms greater certainty
March 27th, 2014
THE LONG-RUNNING dispute between midlands firm Harben Barker and former client Hossein Mehjoo had threatened to have major, unwelcome, ramifications for the profession. That the whole unedifying episode is over is a source of some succour. As for where ...
Deloitte’s Balfour Beatty audit tenure to be tested
March 27th, 2014
DELOITTE’S tenure as auditor of Balfour Beatty is under risk, as the FTSE 250 builder will begin a tender process next year. In the builder’s annual report, released today, it has outlined its decision to begin the audit tender ...
CySec: consultation by ESMA
March 27th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission would like to draw the attention of Issuers with securities admitted to trading on the Cyprus Stock Exchange or any other regulated market, their shareholders and other stakeholders, to the Consultation launched by ...
IMF throws Ukraine financial lifeline, Russian economy to slump
March 27th, 2014
Ukraine won a $27-billion international financial lifeline on Thursday, rushed through in the wake of Russia’s annexation of Crimea, as Moscow’s economy minister spoke of the cost of military action in its former Soviet neighbor. The International Monetary Fund ...
Iran and Iraq drive 15% global rise in executions
March 27th, 2014
The number of known executions around the world rose almost 15 percent in 2013, with the spike due in part to more executions in Iran and Iraq, a new Amnesty International report says. The report released by the London-based ...
